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APPLICATION FILED DEC. I3, |913.

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Ee' iniorvn inzit we, Eniviiiin Sess and. Lewis C. Minn@ itizens of ilie United Stees, and residents, respectively, oi2 die borough of einheiten, in theY city, county, anni State of New York, and or" the borough c-E Bi'ookiyn, in'ilie city and Siete of New York, county of Kings, haie inifenefi Cerein new and nsei'ni Improvements in Typelifi'itine; Machines, of which the foiiowing is o speeiiicet-ion. 'The present invention relates generally to ypewiiting machines inici has more persioiiieiiy reference to improved margin Controliing'ciefioes.

The main obje-c feature of this invention is to render 'she nini-gin controlling devices Yvisi-ole enti reeiii accessible to fue operator and Consists*broadly7 in arranging supporting ineens, snob as margin rail, Joi' margin siops :.djooent the front of the pinten and in so articulating heiype bers tha when hey reach un ngiigb'. posi-ion in Conrao' with n Coinznon i 'int-ing center on the pinion, one margin raii will he the piane of die type drown iiiroueh ine n:

'bars :ind ziffei iozil line o' the pievi This margin nil is iocn'efi iniei'ine. i" plone 01:' the type gnirle anni ril l ijibraitor and zi. veri-ioni lineairiiwn through 'ehe Xis of the pinion.

Oihei' feainres of construction 'iviil appear es the specification proceeds:

nilie invention einboiiied in the acoinponi-'ing drawings in which:

Figure l is ii top plan View, 'partly in section. indicating, in inoi'e or less diagrammatic Jforni, the general construct-ion ofihe machine to which Jche invention is. here o pplied; ihe margin controlling devices `eing herein'the forni of a. continuons raii extending across the longitudinal Center line of the machine and carrying; two margin stops that coperate with a center stop at the iront In this figure are also shown tbe. type guide and ribbon jdbrator loomed in fiont of the margin ieil; four of a. series of type bars being indiCzi-iefl, three in a' forwardly recinnbent positionend one in printing position. The platen and keyboard are omitted.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. l with the dust sheds in section, the ribbon spools removed and certain paris broken away, anni.

beim' een shows niore pertiouinriy 'the location of the ribbon vibrator centralY type guide in iront of `the margin rail, e type bar being in printing position.

Fig. 3 is e iop plan View largelyY diagrammatic in character, with parts omitted and vbroken away and shows more paraiculaily ine i'eleion or he margin rail and stop elenienis to the beli ringing and line looking and reieesing ineens et, one right band side of hemaohine. A

Fig. 4 is e side View of 'the maohiiie, partly in seo'rion sind peiiy broken away, with eleiencs omitie to illustrate the relation of the margin controlling devices tothe boli ringing, line. looking end releasing mechenisin, the parts beine; in normal position ex? cepis one type bei' than, is in printing positio-n. Fig. 5 1s o ieiseil View 05pm-t of the eleinents of Fie. Li, showing the action of the 'line lock releasing nieens, the carriage being Yer @efe posiiion. is a. detail View of the parts in theI righi hand corner of Fig. '5 showing nziigin rail in its lowered posit-ion, the ibi; henri margin stops in end elevation, .inl

in iis lo 6 ne hand nizii'grin stop.

Fig. 'i' is fragmentary pla-n View of the Coinpleineniory stops and heirsnpporting ineens, ogeilier with the connections tothe bell ringing find line looking means. i

Fig. 8 is a fron?J elevation Of'he parts shown in Fig. 7'.

Fig. 9 is :i fragmentary sectional View.

ai glib ber's, one at either enel of the carriage', olvli@ used in place of the eeneer stop consu-notion shown in the. prmding ligiires.

Fig. l1 is e planriew similar to Fig. l showing the inociieii forni ofthe invent-ion.

Fig. 12 is o front View siniilor to Fie. 2, 105 .of the Aiorrn ofthe invention shown in Fig. 11.

F145. 131s iaginentai'y pion View of the he center stop on the carriage behind lsho Ying` theinergin rail tilted by lehe action stop elements at the right hand eri'd orN the machine of Fig. 11, parts being broken away section and the connections to the bell ringing and line locking mechanism being indicad. A

' Fig. 14 is a part end and part sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is aec-ticn on line 1li-15 of Fig. 1d.

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary front view partly of the right hand end ot the mar- `1l and adjacent elements.

.t g. l? is a fragmentary side view partly in section 'of the left hand margin controlling devices.

1 indicates the general frame-work of the machine in which is mounted the carriage raceway supporting the carriage 3 and provided with case shifting mechanism indicated by the member 4e so that the cartriage and its support may be raised or lowered in a manner well understood in the art. The shift mechanism employed is that of the well known Royal typewriter, such as is described in Patent No. 1,227,438. Mounted in the carriage 3 is a platen 5 of any suitable construction and provided with a suitable line space advancing mechanism G in Vthe usual manner. 7 indicates a segment on which are pivotally supported type bars 8 normally occupying a forwardly recumbent position with their free ends resting on a head rest 9 located near the forward end of the machine. 10 indicates the key levers pivotally supported at 11 in a suitable bearing and connected by means of a vertical link 12 to a front link 13 connected to the rear of a type bar by means of a link 14. To link 14 is secured a bar or link 15, the rear end of which is bent to engage a universal bar 16, link 15 being provided with a spring 17, the lrear end of which. is connected with an adjustable rocking frame 13 and the front end of which is secured to a member .19 carried by link 11i. lt will -be understood that all the type bars, when actuated, move to a common printing point or center. Adjacent lto the common printing point of the machine is a type bar guide Z0 consisting of two converging members suitably mounted by means of a bracket 21 on a stationary part of the machine. Mounted to move with the carriage raceway 2, so as to partake of the case shifting movement imparted thereto, is a ribbon Vibrator 22 also located adjacent to the printing point. lnclosing the upper 'part of the machine are dust sheds 25 carrying ribbon spools 26.

27 indicates a margin .rail extending transversely across the longitudinal center line of the machine and conveniently supported, in this instance, on top of dust sheds 25 in lfront of a vertical line and below a horizontal line drawn through the axis of the rail has both a rocking Lacasse vertical line tangent to the front face 01 the platen and below a horizontal .line tangent to the underside of the platen. ril`his mar gin rail is located in rear of type guide 20 and ribbon vibrator 22 and infront of the platenbut closely adjacent thereto and extending parallel therewith.

lt will also be seen that this margin rail is so located that it is above the series of type bars and slightly in rear of their pivots so that it will not prevent engagement of the type 'with the platen at a common printing center, as shown more particularly in Figs. l, 2 and d, the location of themargin. rail and the articulation oi' the type bars being suoli that when a 'type bar has reached the limit of its upward movement toward the platen, as indicated in Fig. 4, it will be in front of the margin rail with its'type face above` the margin rail and in engagement with the platen at the printing point.

This margin rail has imparted to it, during the normal traverse of the platen in a left hand direction, two successive motions of different cha noter. Any suitable means may be employed to effect this but, in the pres nt instance, the construction is substantially that disclosed in connection with one oi" the margin rails of application tiled March 23, 1918, Ser. hva-224,178. To this end, the margin rail is provided with pivot extensions 31 that project into suitable bushings 32 in a stationary part of the frame-Work in such manner that the margin' and a lengthwise sliding motion. Exten( ing from the lower side ot' rail 27 is a dependent controlling member 33 and attached at one end to said controlling member is a spring 37, the other end ot'- which is anchored on dust shed 25, said spring tending normally to maintain the margin rail in normal position,-that is to say, in its extreme position to the right, lengthwise, and in its llowered position with respect to its rocking motion. This spring therefore serves a double purpose, as indicated above. 38 indicates a line lock blade carried by a laterally extending bar 39 and normally out of the plane of locking sur-y face 40 of key levers 10, as shown in Fig. 5, being urged into this position by a spring 41 anchored at one end 42 to the frame work and having its other end connected to member 43 of bar 39.- 44 indicatesv a stop to limit the downward movement of said line locking blade. Interposed between the controlling member 33 and themember 43 are suitable connections, which in the present instance, take the following form: 45 indicates a verticallyextending rock shaft located below the dust shed and adjacent to the right hand side of the machine, being carried in suitable brackets, as46. Connected to the lower end of said rock shaft 45 is "35 platen; and more specifically 1n iront of a an arm 47 between which and the member 34 of vertical shaft i5.

incense 43 is interposed a linlr 48. Secured to the upper end of' roch shaiit l5 is a bifurcated member 3a the outer end of which embraces controlling i'nen'iber 33. 49 is a margin re? lease rod supported in bearings 50 and norinally urged outwardly by ineens of a spring 5l. This margin release rod earries at its inner end a pusher i9. indicates a bell suitably mounted within the machine on tie plate 53; nd 5i is a hammer or the hell suitably attached to controlling nieniber 33, as shown. anc. indicate tivo margin stops adgustably mounted. on margin rail 27, the uninterrupted margin rail' admitting ci adinstinent of said stops across the longitudinal center line of the machine. 30 is a center stop attached to the carriage by ineens of seres1 100 and so ar' ranged that it extends adjacent to the front of the platen. 'Stop .uieinher 2S is provided with two dogs or cam members@ and 53 projecting iivardlv toward the platen and spaced apart laterally, as shown. Said dogs are provided with taper or cam surface 62 and 63' which are inclined in opposite directions away from each other. Dog 63 also has an abutment surface 63.'

As the carriage moves to thel left and approaches the end of its stroke as determined by the position of stop element 28, center stop will engage-with cam surface 62 there-s by tilting margin rail 2,7 Without eecting ende'ise movement thereof; As soon as center stop 30 has passed beyond the high point of taper surface 62', iiiargin rail 27 will be abruptly released thereby permitting spring 37 to restore the parts to normal vposition. The rocking'oi margin rail 27 by means oicenter stop 3G engaging the taper surface 62 will cause the parts to assume the position shown in Figs. 9' Vand 5 where,-

it will be seen, controlling member 355 vis moved into an inclined position lifting 1cell hammer 5a. it will he noted that in assuming this position, the member 33 is free te move through the biurcated portion o arno.

0n the abrupt release of margin rail 27 by the. passage of center stop 30 over the high point ci' tapersuriace 62', gravity and the action of spring 37 will cause hammer 54 to descend quickly, thus sounding gong 52 and thereby informing the operator that the carriage is.approaching the end of the line. The carriage now continues its movement to the left and center stop 30 encounters the abutment surface 63 thereby imparting a lengthwise sliding movement to margin rail 27 and, consequently, also to ntroliin member. The eect of this is that sal controlling member 33 will carry the' biurcated end ot arm 34 with it thereby rocking. the' up right shaft a pull on connection' a8 of sucient amplitude to bring the line loclijhlade 38 beneath 45 and causing' am i? to exert enea e in wanner reviens-ly Pmi looking surfaces i0 of the key levers. The position that the parts occupy at this time is indicated in Fig. 8. lt is now impossiblev to manipulate the key levers to bring the release rod 49, having en its inner and the pusher 49', is moved inwardly, as indicated in Fig. 5, being thus caused to engage con trolling member 33 and thereby impart a rocking motion to margin rail 27 o suiiiso cient amplitude toperinit center stop Stlte pass over the high point ci abutment mens ber 63". lt will thusbe seen, that the reels.u ing motion of the margin rail has two functions, one to ring the bell and the other to release the complementarystop elements from each other when in the position described. As soon as the partis have been thus released, the puli of spring 32' will cause margin rail' 27 tohave a retrograde. lengthwise movement thereby avoiding the necessity of keeping the margin release rod depressed. it will be understood that the margin rail 27 in being rocked for the purpose ci releasing the stop elements will-have raised hanuner 5e and, to prevent the gong from striking the bell a second time during the cycle ci' the machine, a taper surface 63 is provided which, as the carriage continues its niosf'ernent in a left hand direction, gradually permits spring 37 to restore the in argin rail. to normal pcsitioneo -ar as its rocking incrementis concerned.v The descent of hammer 5a is therefore so gradual .that no sound is heard when. it nally ien vtransniitting the endwise motion ci said margin rail to the line locking means but that, nevertheless, the independent rocking motion of the margin rail is possible for the purpose of,bell ringing Without aiecting the position of the line locking means; also that this rocking motion is utilized for the purpose or" releasing the abutment surface 63 and centerstop 30 se as to admit of a retrograde endwise movement of the margin rail and thereby permit the line lock Ato restore itself. lt will be .observed that with the construction disclosed, itis immaterial 12e Whether the carriage is in its lower case position, as indicated in Fig. 5,01- in its shi position, as indicated in dotted'lines in Fig.

6, since, in either event, center stop g'will It has been pointed center stop with the traverse of the with dogs 62 and 63. out how engagement of margin stop 28 limits that engagement of center stop' 30 with margin stop 29 limits the right hand traverse of the carriage. The scale indication on margin rail 2.7 corresponds to the usual letter space indication.

ln the modification shown in Figs. ll to j?, the location of the margin rail and the train of connections from the margin rail V ling devices including:

2.7 to the bell ringing and line locking and releasing mechanism is the same as that described in connection with the form shown in Figs. l to l0. In the form of the modification shown in Figs. 1l to 17, there are employed end stops (il and 75 on the carriage instead of center stop 30. Furthermore margin stop 28 is here located at the right hand side of the machine and margin stop 29 is located at the left. lt will be understood that in this form of the invention. margin rail 27 need not be continuous but is n'xade so merely for convenience. In order to give margin stops 28 and a full range of adjustment, margin rail 27 is about twice the length of rail 27, and carries a complete letter space indication on each side of the printing center, as shown, the lowest scale indication being at the right on each side of the printing center.

ll'vhen the carriage approaches the end of its traverse tothe left, stop member G4 encounters successively taper surface G2 and abutment surface G3 thereby eilecting bell ringing and line locking. lf the line lock releasing means are actuated stop member 6l will descend on taper surface 63 Without bell ringing. When the carriage v'is drawn to the right, member G4, Which ls in the form of a pivoted latch yielding in one direction as shown, will turn on its pivot in passing over dogs 63 and 62.

The right hand traverse of the carriage is limited by engagement of stop member 75 with margin stop 29 as will be understood. Stop member 75 is sliding-ly mounted as shown in Fig. 17 and may be retracted out of the path of margin stop 29.

Vile claim:

l. A typewriting machine comprising: printing elements including a transversely movable carriage having a platen and a plurality of individually actuated type bars so articulated with respect to the platen that they occupy, lwhen actuated, an upright position in contact With a common printing center on said platen, and margin controltransversely extending support-ing means independent of the carriage adjacent the fr'ont ot' the platen and in rear of the plane of the upright posineoaeea tion of the type bars, and complementary stop elements on the supporting means and carriage. y

2. A typewriting machine comprising: printing elements including -a transversely movable carriage having a platen and a plurality of individually actuated yile bars so articulated with respect to the platen that they occupy, when actuated, an upright position in Contact with a comnmn printing center on-sa1d platen, and inar'fin controlling devices including: a ma n rail extending across the longitudin center line of the machine adjacent the front of the platen and in rear of the ane of the upright position of the type bars, and complementary stop elements on the supporting means and carriage.

il. A ty eivriting machine comprising: printing elements including a transversely movable carriage having a platen and .a plurality of individually actuated type bars so articulated with respect to the platen that they; occupy, when actuated, an upright position in contact with a common printing center on said platen', and margin controlling devices, including: a margin rail extending across the, longitudinal center line of the machine adjacent the front of the platen and in rear of the plane of the upright posit-ion of the type bars, stop elements on the margin rail adjustable across said center line, and a` stop on the carriage adjacent the front, and at the center, of the platen.

al. A transversely movable carriage havinga platen, a type guide in front or" the platen and adjacent the printing center of the machine, and margin controlling devices adjacent the front of the platen and intermediate the latter and the plane of the type guide.

A transversely mo 'able carriage having a platen, a. ribbon vibrator in front of the platen and adjacent the printing center of the machine, and margin controlling devices adjacent t-he front of the platen and intermediate the latter and the plane of the ribbon vibrator.

6. A transversely movable carriage having a platen, a type-guide and a ribbon vibrator in front of the platen and adjacent the printing center of the machine, and margin controlling devices adjacent the front of the platen and in rear of the plane of the type guide and ribbon vibrator.

7. A transversely movable carriage having a platen, a type guide and a ribbon vibrator infront of the platen and adjaeent the printing center of the machine, and a margin rail in rear or the plane of the type guide and ribbon vibrator and in front of the platen.

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transversely movableJ carriage having a platen, a margin rail in front of closely adj acent to and cparallel with'the platen and carriage exten ing across the longitudinal cenvter line of the machine, a pluralityof normally forwardly recumbent type bars, in front of the platen, carriage and margin rail, so articulated with respectto the platen and margin rail as to reach, when actuated, a

common printing cerrter on the platenY above the mar rail, stop elements on thel rail adjustab e lengthwise thereof and across the longitudinal center line of the machine, and

a margin stop on the carriage adjacent the front, and at the center, of the platen.

9. A typewriting machine comprising: printing elements including a transversely movable carriage, having a platen, and a plurality of normally forwardly recumbent type bars in front of the platen and carriage, a'type guide adjacent the printing point of the platen,and' visible margin controllingy devices adjacent the front of the carriage and platen and in rear of the lanel of the type guideincluding -transverse y extending y supportmg meanssindependent of the carnage, andv complemen stop elements on the supporting means an carriage.

10. A typewriting machine comprising: printing elermentsl including a transversely movable carriage, havinga platen, and a plurality of normally forwardly recumbent type bars in frontiof the platen and carriage,

- a ribbon vibrator ladjacent the printing point of the platen, and visible margin controlling devices adjacent the front of the carriage and platen and in rean of the plane of the ribbon vibrator including: transversely ex'- tending supporting means independent of the carriage, and complementary stop elements on the supporting, means and carriage.

11. A typewriting machine comprisinprinting elements including a transverse yv movable carriage having a platen,` and a plurality of normally forwardly'recumbent type bars in front of the platen and carriage, a type guide and a ribbon vibrator adjacent the printing point ofthe platen, and visible margin -controlling devices adjacent the front of the carriage and platen and in rear of the plane of the type guide and ribbon vibrator including transversely extending supporting means independent ofthe carriage,

`of the machine, and a margin rail interposed between the ribbon vibrator and platenand in front of a vertical line and below a horizontal line drawn through the axis of the platen.

14. A typewriting machine comprising: printing elements including a `transversely movable carriage having a platen and a plurality of normally -for'wardly recumbent type bars so articulated with respect to the platen transversely movable carriage have that they occupy, .when actuated, an upright) '4 position in contact with a common printing center, and a margin railv in front of, closely adjacent and parallelwith Vthe platen andcarri extending across the longitudinal centerline ofthe machine and/in rearpof the plane of the upright ,position of the type bars. f -r 15.1A 'typewriting machine comprising:

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printing elements including a transversely 1 movable carriage 4having a platen and a plurality of normally forwardly recum'bent type bars so articulated with respect to the platen that they occupy, when actuated, an upright position'in contact with a common printing centeron said platen, transversely extending supporting means independent of the carriage between the'pla-ne of the pivotal point of the type bars and a vertical line drawn through the axis of the platen and above said pivotal point and below a horizontal line drawn through the afXis of the platen, and complementary stop elements on the supporting means and carnage.

Signed at the boro h of Manhattan, city, county and State or ew York, this 12thday of December 1918.

EDWARD B, Huss. Lewis C. MYERS. 

